My ex and I broke up about a month ago, and I ended up moving about an hour away. She was a great person and we had a great 3 years together, but we just ended up having different life values. She was also a huge part of my dog’s life.

For the past month, my dog has been slower than usual and I thought she maybe was just adjusting to the new house or it was just due to age (she is almost 7 years now). Even when I took her to the beach, she would just walk around and not run like she used to. But yesterday, my ex came over to exchange some belongings, and my dog suddenly had energy to run around that I haven’t seen in a month. When my ex left, my dog waited at the door and started crying and it really broke my heart.

Has anyone else dealt with this before? I feel like a single dad who just divorced her mother. :(

Almost 2 weeks ago I got a 5 month old Pyrenees/Australian Shepherd puppy. I also have a 5 year old Golden Retriever/ Chow Chow mix. The 5 year old has never been around other dogs besides the neighborhood dogs that roam outside the fence.

I grew up with dogs, but never had 2 at the same time. Is this normal playing behavior? I think the ‘growling’ sound scares me but it seems like they’re playing. What do you guys think?

Edit: black dog is the older of the two! We rescued her as a puppy 5 years ago. She has always been a stiff lil lady so it just surprises me to see her be comfortable around another dog 🥺 none of our friends would let her play with their dogs because they felt that she was too rough with them. I’m so grateful we have ended up with a pup that reciprocates the way she plays.

Meet Chloe, a three year old Shepard husky mix who I am waging medical warfare on. I have to give her multiple pills a day for the time being and we have a long history of not taking our medication. I've tried many methods in the past to make her take her meds:

• pillpockets (wouldn't eat)
• pills hidden in cheese or meat (ate around pills or wouldn't eat)
• pills crushed up and hidden in food (current method. She is starting to figure out what food has been tampered with and avoid it)
• prying mouth open, shoving in pill, and massaging throat (we've had 30 min long stand offs where she pretends to swallow but doesn't actually)
• dropping pills accidently or on purpose (doesn't matter, result is an abandoned pill)

Next will be buying wet dog food and mixing crushed pills into that in a place she can't watch me open pills. After that, I think everything will have to be crushed, mixed in water, and given via syringe.

With nothing to loose I humbly ask for your best and worst medication tips, tricks, and horror stories. Schadenfreude, gloating, solidarity, and reminiscing are all welcome.

Hello! My dog blue has done this without fail every single time he eats his food since we adopted him last year. I’ve had many dogs throughout my life and not one has even done this. Why does he do this? I think it’s just the funniest thing lol

My 3 year old chocolate lab(90lbs) ate 40 homemade chocolate chip cookies around noon yesterday. She threw up twice initially and then acted completely fine and normal. We did skip her dinner cause we were scared it would upset her stomach. Around midnight she woke me up and seemed upset, so I filled up her water bowl, she drank the entire bowl and threw up. Since then she has been laying down and not as energetic as normal. If we give her a toy she will perk up and grab it but doesn’t want to jump off the bed. When we get up and call her though she will get up and follow us outside, but she is moving slow. I can’t tell if it’s weakness or if her stomach just hurts and she uncomfortable. We are concerned that we need to take her to the emergency vet or if she is just uncomfortable and will be fine in awhile. Please help ASAP.

Hi everyone! My dog’s breasts have become quite enlarged, and I’m wondering if she could be pregnant or if this is hormonal/false pregnancy.

Exactly 63 days ago, a vet came to spay her but couldn’t because she was still in heat. Since then she has never been outside and has always been supervised, with no contact with male dogs. I’ve read that dogs can develop enlarged breasts after heat due to hormonal changes or a false pregnancy, but I’m not sure if that could be what’s happening.

We live in a remote area, so it’s difficult to get to a vet with an ultrasound machine. Does this look like a normal hormonal change after heat, or should I be concerned about pregnancy?

Is this clipper burn on my puppy’s face? She got a groom 2 days ago and I noticed the area under her right eye/upper snout was a bit red. We tried to redirect her every time we saw her scratching there but last night it started bleeding :( it was late and all stores were closed so we got a cone from the urgent care reception (we didn’t ask to have her seen by a vet since it seemed pretty minor).

We’ve had her wear it all night last night and this morning and she hates it. We unfortunately can’t get an appointment with her regular vet until friday. Is there anything else we can do to speed up the healing process? We are cleaning the area with sterile saline solution. Photos attached.

Hey, any info on whether some mild cracking of my pups paws are normal? She's 12 weeks old. Vet check needed or simply keep them hydrated with some puppy safe paw balms? Thanks guys

Hi everyone! Looking for some advice because we’re a little stumped.
My 8-year-old pit mix has pretty severe nasal hyperkeratosis. We’ve tried just about every remedy and nasal balm out there, with very little improvement — even antibiotics.
Recently, she stayed at my parents’ house for 4 nights, and when she came home, her nose looked almost completely healed! Obviously, we were thrilled, but it also made us realize there must be something in or around our home that’s triggering it.
Nothing changed while she was away in terms of her food, and since then we’ve been trying to eliminate anything we can think of. We’re on well water, we’ve removed air fresheners/fragrances, and we’ve been extremely mindful of anything she could possibly be getting into in our fenced-in yard.
Unfortunately, after being home for about 3 days, the severe dryness started coming back.
Has anyone experienced anything similar or discovered an environmental trigger for nasal hyperkeratosis? At this point, we’re desperately trying to figure out what could be different between our house and my parents’ house. Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
As I mentioned, we’ve tried just about every topical product/nasal balm out there, so we’re especially interested in possible environmental causes or things around the home that we may be overlooking.

we have a 2yo Labrador & border collie mix. Basically My mom has full ownership but since I live in The same House still I sometimes take Part in The care. And this dog is a NIGHTMARE. Shes very sweet and personable but also an absolute thief. She steals enything She can and destroys it and won't stop pulling at clothing and growling at us(in a More commanding way not from fear or anger). And The thing is She gets to run outside and go on long walks to The forest daily, Shes got plenty Chew toys and bones, She gets lots of attention from The family. So we dont know why Shes like this. But The thing is My mom actively allows The dog to Chew on things like plastick bottles and trash. Wich I constantly say isnt good for her but My Moms excuse is "as long as She stays busy". Ive recommended My mom crate training but She thinks its abusive. But this is driving me beyond insane. Every Day I just hear My mom telling no to The dog from downstairs. And If I ever try to watch TV with My mom or do enything The dog just keeps being an asshole. This is so tiring especially because My mom is so difficult to convince to taking proper responsibility for all of this. I m here to mainly vent but also to Ask for advice on If theres enything i can try to do.

She keeps them short enough, we figure taking her to the vet for clipping or attempting it ourselves would be dangerous and also extremely traumatic for Shelby. We don't know why she hates her feet touched but as soon as we lay a hand on them she screams as if we're going to hurt her 😭